[fast5] Re: First Day

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "Alice" <moondust@...> wrote:
>
> On my first day, I made it all the way to 5 pm!! But I have to confess
> that I took an appetite suppressant at 9 am to help me get there.
> (Bert, if that is not okay, please let me know). I got the hungriest
> just before lunch (and the crankiest). I walked 30 minutes at lunch
> and afterwards the hunger passed. By 5 pm I was just cruisin' and not
> feeling desparate to eat.
>
> I ate a small bean burrito before we drove home (a 1 hour drive), and
> an apple on the way. When I got home, I wasn't hungry at all. In
> fact, the only reason I ate more was because I knew I should consume
> more calories. I also was afraid of not eating enough protein and
> losing muscle mass, so I ate 2 small chicken breast fillets and a
> potato. I probably ate 1000-1100 calories total. I also took my multi-
> vitamin and my glucosamine pills. I'm out of calcium, otherwise I
> would take that also. I took fiber pills too.
>
> Question: will I have a problem with the absorption of my glucosamine
> and calcium given the short window of eating? What can I do to make
> sure I'm getting it into my system? I know that no really good
> studies have been done on the effectiveness of glucosamine, but it has
> done absolute wonders for the chronic pain in my elbows.
>
> Hope everyone is hanging in there.
>
> Alice
>
Glad to hear another who uses an appetite suppressant. I Started out taking mine every day around noon when I wuld first feel hunger and then again right before eating so I wouldn't gorge. Now I only need to take it before dinner.

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Re: [fast5] Re: First Day

Congratulations! It also slashes your food bill, and in my case, keeps me from living in the kitchen. When we transitioned off processed foods I found that I was in the kitchen most of the day, either making or cleaning up after meals, constantly. One meal of day is easy!

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:32 AM, francesmay77 <francesmay77@yahoo.com> wrote:

I made it to 5pm no problem my first day, and I lost 3 lbs. Very excited about this new lifestyle, it really works for me, I have never been able to stick to the eat 3 meals and 2 snacks and plan your food and track your food and eat every 3 hours, I just can't do it. this is so much easier for me and I didn't go crazy during my eating window...I feel great!

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "francesmay77" <francesmay77@...> wrote:
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> it's my first day on fast 5, yesterday I had a lunch date so I skipped breakfast and had lunch and dinner. Today jumping in to see how I do, skipped breakfast which was not hard for me, usually would have a protein shake, still had my coffee with a little unsweetened almond milk, only about 9 calories but it didnt taste as good as my usual creamer so I didnt drink it all, made some vanilla bean tea instead, no creamer needed. Got grumbly in the stomach by about 1:00pm so I had some more hot tea with stevia. also drinking lots of water, the grumblys got better and now have 1 more hour until my window at 5pm.... not bad for my first day. I also sucked on a sugar free hard candy for a minute then spit it out and also chewed a piece of sf gum for about a min, that helped, I know I wont need these in the future. Wish I liked tea more, it's so bitter even with non cal sweetener but I will get used to it. My mom is also starting this today, we have talked on the phone a few times to give support. She has had cancer 3 times in the past and hoping fast 5 will help it to NEVER come back.
>




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[fast5] Re: First Day

I made it to 5pm no problem my first day, and I lost 3 lbs. Very excited about this new lifestyle, it really works for me, I have never been able to stick to the eat 3 meals and 2 snacks and plan your food and track your food and eat every 3 hours, I just can't do it. this is so much easier for me and I didn't go crazy during my eating window...I feel great!

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "francesmay77" <francesmay77@...> wrote:
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> it's my first day on fast 5, yesterday I had a lunch date so I skipped breakfast and had lunch and dinner. Today jumping in to see how I do, skipped breakfast which was not hard for me, usually would have a protein shake, still had my coffee with a little unsweetened almond milk, only about 9 calories but it didnt taste as good as my usual creamer so I didnt drink it all, made some vanilla bean tea instead, no creamer needed. Got grumbly in the stomach by about 1:00pm so I had some more hot tea with stevia. also drinking lots of water, the grumblys got better and now have 1 more hour until my window at 5pm.... not bad for my first day. I also sucked on a sugar free hard candy for a minute then spit it out and also chewed a piece of sf gum for about a min, that helped, I know I wont need these in the future. Wish I liked tea more, it's so bitter even with non cal sweetener but I will get used to it. My mom is also starting this today, we have talked on the phone a few times to give support. She has had cancer 3 times in the past and hoping fast 5 will help it to NEVER come back.
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Re: [fast5] First Day

Kudos for you both! It's neat you support each other like that.

On tea, what I've found is that "real" tea doesn't work well on an empty stomach. However, for the first time ever, I've started appreciating other kinds of teas. One of my favorites is just hot water over half a lime. Or frozen pieces of a fruit called "Buddha's Fingers" (weird name, weird fruit: awesome taste). Neem leaves. Scented geraniums (frozen) that I grew in my garden. A spoonful of Hershey's Special Cocoa. I invested in a hot-shot type water dispenser, which makes tea easy. I think my body likes hot liquids in general, and it keeps me from over-doing coffee.

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:07 PM, francesmay77 <francesmay77@yahoo.com> wrote:

it's my first day on fast 5, yesterday I had a lunch date so I skipped breakfast and had lunch and dinner. Today jumping in to see how I do, skipped breakfast which was not hard for me, usually would have a protein shake, still had my coffee with a little unsweetened almond milk, only about 9 calories but it didnt taste as good as my usual creamer so I didnt drink it all, made some vanilla bean tea instead, no creamer needed. Got grumbly in the stomach by about 1:00pm so I had some more hot tea with stevia. also drinking lots of water, the grumblys got better and now have 1 more hour until my window at 5pm.... not bad for my first day. I also sucked on a sugar free hard candy for a minute then spit it out and also chewed a piece of sf gum for about a min, that helped, I know I wont need these in the future. Wish I liked tea more, it's so bitter even with non cal sweetener but I will get used to it. My mom is also starting this today, we have talked on the phone a few times to give support. She has had cancer 3 times in the past and hoping fast 5 will help it to NEVER come back.



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[fast5] First Day

it's my first day on fast 5, yesterday I had a lunch date so I skipped breakfast and had lunch and dinner. Today jumping in to see how I do, skipped breakfast which was not hard for me, usually would have a protein shake, still had my coffee with a little unsweetened almond milk, only about 9 calories but it didnt taste as good as my usual creamer so I didnt drink it all, made some vanilla bean tea instead, no creamer needed. Got grumbly in the stomach by about 1:00pm so I had some more hot tea with stevia. also drinking lots of water, the grumblys got better and now have 1 more hour until my window at 5pm.... not bad for my first day. I also sucked on a sugar free hard candy for a minute then spit it out and also chewed a piece of sf gum for about a min, that helped, I know I wont need these in the future. Wish I liked tea more, it's so bitter even with non cal sweetener but I will get used to it. My mom is also starting this today, we have talked on the phone a few times to give support. She has had cancer 3 times in the past and hoping fast 5 will help it to NEVER come back.

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Re: [fast5] Update: Using Fast 5 After Major Surgery

Sorry to hear about the long healing time! But good experimenting, sounds like you are making good progress.

One thing I have found that helps with healing is heat ... if you have a heat pad, try it on the wound, at a gentle level. This increases circulation and bacteria actually die at a rather low heat, allowing the healing process to work.

Also I've used fresh aloe gel (from an aloe vera leaf) on wounds. It does seem to spur healing, although in the case of a surgery wound I'm not sure if it would be recommended or not. 

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 9:39 AM, mariabl <piggieria@gmail.com> wrote:

So back in Feburary I asked peoples opinions on doing Fast 5 after major surgery.  I use Fast 5 to help control my allergies, although I'm not strict with the window, I do have to at least fast 15hrs for it to help.  Anyway at that time I was only 5 weeks post op.  I was having a lot of issues with my body rejecting the stitches and spitting it out.  My iscisions just weren't healing well because of it. At least the general conscensus I got and what I felt, was well try it and see how things go.

Well I tried it from Week 5 - Week 8 post op, so for 3 weeks. Although my body stopped spitting stiches and it did help with some of the pain I was experiencing.  I was just tired ALL the time.  Not tired like I wanted to sleep but just didn't have any energy.  So I went back to eating breakfast for a few weeks.  And out popped more stitches instantly. I've also been extremely tender still with quite a bit of pain. So this week and last I tried it again but not everyday, just a few times, and things are better.  So far this week I've done it everyday. I'm still pretty sore, but some of the swelling is finally starting to go down, and my scars are actually looking pretty fantastic.

So as long as my energy level stays up, I'm going to continue to try this. And it just may be were I don't do it everyday just every other day or every couple of day.  It could be a coincidence of course too.  I am after all 13.5 weeks post up, so who knows for sure, but looks promising anyway.

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[fast5] Update: Using Fast 5 After Major Surgery

So back in Feburary I asked peoples opinions on doing Fast 5 after major surgery. I use Fast 5 to help control my allergies, although I'm not strict with the window, I do have to at least fast 15hrs for it to help. Anyway at that time I was only 5 weeks post op. I was having a lot of issues with my body rejecting the stitches and spitting it out. My iscisions just weren't healing well because of it. At least the general conscensus I got and what I felt, was well try it and see how things go.

Well I tried it from Week 5 - Week 8 post op, so for 3 weeks. Although my body stopped spitting stiches and it did help with some of the pain I was experiencing. I was just tired ALL the time. Not tired like I wanted to sleep but just didn't have any energy. So I went back to eating breakfast for a few weeks. And out popped more stitches instantly. I've also been extremely tender still with quite a bit of pain. So this week and last I tried it again but not everyday, just a few times, and things are better. So far this week I've done it everyday. I'm still pretty sore, but some of the swelling is finally starting to go down, and my scars are actually looking pretty fantastic.

So as long as my energy level stays up, I'm going to continue to try this. And it just may be were I don't do it everyday just every other day or every couple of day. It could be a coincidence of course too. I am after all 13.5 weeks post up, so who knows for sure, but looks promising anyway.

Maria

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